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Campaign Luftwaffe 1946
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 11:55 PM UTC
I know what you mean. I also only have 1/48 and 1/32 swastikas in my stash.

Anyway, the Flitzer looks good as it is.
dcandal
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2009 - 02:00 AM UTC
Well John, a brush, mask and black paint
dcandal
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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2009 - 11:20 AM UTC
Here I´m continuing with the cockpit glass,





dcandal
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Posted: Monday, June 29, 2009 - 03:38 AM UTC
After this I maskes the cockpit glass, for this I had used Tamiya tape,



dcandal
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Posted: Monday, June 29, 2009 - 03:39 AM UTC
When I have had the cockpit glass masked I gave a panels preshade with mate black,



SGTJKJ
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Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 11:27 PM UTC
Looks good so far, Daniel. Incredible how relatively few changes on the fuselage can change the look of the basic Me 262 to such a large extent. Have you decided on the camouflage for this Luft ´46 plane?
flitzer
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 09:05 PM UTC

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Looks good so far, Daniel. Incredible how relatively few changes on the fuselage can change the look of the basic Me 262 to such a large extent. Have you decided on the camouflage for this Luft ´46 plane?



Totally agree.
This Me 262 variant has always been a favourite of mine so it's really nice to see Daniel doing it justice.

I echo Jesper, what scheme are you planning Daniel?
I know you are going to say...just wait and see

And Nito's Flitzer looks good too.


Cheers
Peter
AirLedge
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Cork, Ireland
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 10:35 PM UTC
Lovely job on the pre-shading Daniel. Looking forward to seeing more.

I haven't started yet, but here are some sprue shots to keep you interested






I should be up and running in a few days. An initial dry-fitting of the main parts has shown some srious gap-filling

Mike.
dcandal
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Posted: Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 03:20 PM UTC
Hi Jesper and Peter,

Thanks a lot for yours comments, I appreciate them. And yes Peter, just wait and see, no because I don´t want to tell you but because I don´t know yet
KAYELL
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England - North East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 07:31 AM UTC
Hi folks,

Hope everone is well.

This is my entry for the campaign. Revell 1/72 Horten Go229 OOB
The camo is meant to depict winter on the steppe.

I am lucky that the model is still in one piece as it was placed on the window sill and our 10 week old kitten spotted a moth next to it......thanks goes to my son who came to the rescue.

Siderius
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 07:59 AM UTC
I really like your Gotha 229. The camoflage is unique. I have thought of building another one and doing something similar pattern wise on the top of the aircraft. Thought I would provide a couple shots of my Gotha 229. It isn't being entered into the campaign because it was built a couple of years ago; just thought it would be fun to include it for a look. Once again, good job on the wing!
Russell


SGTJKJ
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Posted: Monday, July 06, 2009 - 01:59 AM UTC
Very nice Horten, Keith. You did a good job on the camouflage. A big area like that just screams out for a nice camo job. Well done.

Thanks for participating.
AirLedge
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Cork, Ireland
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Posted: Monday, July 06, 2009 - 09:10 PM UTC
Wonderful paint job Keith.

It's a great addition to the campaign,

Mike.
KAYELL
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 12:14 AM UTC
Hi all,

Thanks for your comments.

I have always been fascinated by this aeroplane and campaigns such as this allows an opportunity to get away from armour modelling. Thanks to the organizers.

May even do another one.

Cheers,
Keith

dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2009 - 02:18 PM UTC
Continuing with this model I just paint the underside with RLM 76 and when it was dry I began masking it for the upperside,



dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2009 - 02:20 PM UTC
When I had masked it I began with the camu paint,

dcandal
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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 03:57 AM UTC
Well, here you can see how its gets after I had painted it,



dcandal
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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 04:02 AM UTC
When the paint was completely dry I began painting the panels,





guitarlute101
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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 05:46 AM UTC
Hi Guys,

Sorry for the late start. This will be my contribution.



I'll be combining these kits.




Mark
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 09:39 PM UTC
Nice progress, Daniel. The camouflage came out very well. Looking forward to see more.

Mark, what an excellent choice. This will look very good and be quite a unique combination. It will be an interesting project to follow.
AirLedge
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Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 11:06 PM UTC
Hi,

Nice camo job Daniel. The mottling effect looks great.

Mark, can't wait to see what you do with all those kits ...

Mike.
guitarlute101
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Posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 02:22 PM UTC

Hi guys,

I've started working on the trolley. It has molded on wiring and air tanks that need to come off and be replaced.



The lines extend out to the wheels.



Some scraping and sanding later they are gone.




There seem to be a lot of ejector pin marks to get rid of.



more soon,

Mark
alphalimafoxtrot64
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Virginia, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 02:53 PM UTC
This looks like a good place to start for my very first "campaign" attempt - in fact, I've just recently been back into modeling so I'm having some fun with it!

As I am already involved in assembling a "mess" of late-war Luftwaffe aircraft, I'll likely share some of what I am doing as I get individual builds completed. Going to definitely be giving my new compressor and airbrush a workout!


Adam
TuomasH
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Turku ja Pori, Finland
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Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 09:43 PM UTC
Hello,
Would the new Dragon Focke-Wulf Ta 152 C-0 qualify this campaign?
SGTJKJ
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Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 01:14 AM UTC

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Hello,
Would the new Dragon Focke-Wulf Ta 152 C-0 qualify this campaign?



I would guess so, but I am not the campaign leader, so I cannot decide for sure. It is a very late war design, so it would be very logical that it would be in service in 1946.

I have now started work on my Triebvogel in 1/72. Very quick to build although the "wings" and wheels are difficult to align. More to follow shortly.